- Jan 16, 2001
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I just bought (but not received yet) a Gigabyte Q2556N, which is just a rebadged Clevo W650SH. It comes with a DVD optical drive, but when you buy it from AVADIRECT or POWERNOTEBOOKs, a BluRay optical drive is optional.
http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/products/prodinfo_2.asp?productid=479
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4641#sp
As you can see, the outside of the drawer is not flat. It has ridge to it that runs sort of diagonally and the top/bottom edges of the outer bezel come to a point in the middle...sorta looks like this from the side. >
My point is that this does not appear to be your standard laptop DVD drive that you can buy on Newegg. Being that I don't have the laptop yet, I can't remove the optical drive to see if the guts/connections are standard SATA fare or not.
I'd like to buy this standard lappy BluRay drive for it, but not sure if it would close properly and/or stick out and look like crap. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136257
Anyone know if the DVD/BluRay drives available for this laptop are custom jobs? Is that "pointy faceplate" a bolt-on/stick-on cosmetic faceplate just sitting on a "normal drive?"
Thanks for any info you can provide.
http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/products/prodinfo_2.asp?productid=479
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4641#sp
As you can see, the outside of the drawer is not flat. It has ridge to it that runs sort of diagonally and the top/bottom edges of the outer bezel come to a point in the middle...sorta looks like this from the side. >
My point is that this does not appear to be your standard laptop DVD drive that you can buy on Newegg. Being that I don't have the laptop yet, I can't remove the optical drive to see if the guts/connections are standard SATA fare or not.
I'd like to buy this standard lappy BluRay drive for it, but not sure if it would close properly and/or stick out and look like crap. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136257
Anyone know if the DVD/BluRay drives available for this laptop are custom jobs? Is that "pointy faceplate" a bolt-on/stick-on cosmetic faceplate just sitting on a "normal drive?"
Thanks for any info you can provide.
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